Make it so

The recent passing of Sir Patrick Stewart forced me to ponder “Star Trek’s” positive impact. “Star Trek” and Stewart’s character, Captain Jean-Luc Picard, have been optimistic touchstones throughout most of my life. Of course, the show is generally set many centuries in the future, and it offers a vision of what humanity could be capable of, if we can ever stive beyond the points of contention that seemingly will never end because we keep getting in our way. War. Plague. Poverty. Hunger. Hatred of immigrants and “the other.” And all the other issues tied to those failings. Many of humanity’s current people in positions of power always find pitiful excuses for starting wars, politicizing illnesses, and taking funding away from those needing food, education and financial assistance, all the while undermining expertise and intelligence.

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